Fly Agaric | Hainault Forest

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

The Fly Agaric mushroom is associated with silver birch roots which radiate from the tree. There is a beneficial relationship between the fungal threads (mycorrhiza) and tree roots called symbiosis. The fungi provide the tree roots with water, essential nutrients and chemicals. The tree supplies carbohydrates to the fungi, which, lacking chlorophyll cannot make their own sugar.

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